Docket Index Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0713 Page 1

Docket Index

Proposed Rule

Disapproval of Implementation Plan Revisions; State of California; South Coast 

VMT Emissions Offset Demonstrations

(Docket No. EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0713)

August 30, 2012

A. Rulemaking Documents

A-1. Docket Index, Proposed Rule, Disapproval of Implementation Plan Revisions; 

State of California; South Coast VMT Emissions Offset Demonstrations; (Docket No. 

EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0713), August 30, 2012.

A-2. Disapproval of Implementation Plan Revisions; State of California; South Coast 

VMT Emissions Offset Demonstrations; Proposed rule. August 30, 2012 (pre-publication 

version).

B. Relevant State and District Documents

B-1. Letter Correspondence, James D. Boyd, Executive Officer, California Air Resources 

Board, to Daniel W. McGovern, Regional Administrator, EPA Region IX, January 7, 

1993.

B-2. Final Appendix IV-C, Transportation Control and Indirect Source Measure 

Recommendations from the SCAG Regional Counsel, September 1994, excerpt 

includes TCM-1("Transportation Improvements")..

B-3. South Coast Air Quality Management District, Final 2003 Air Quality Management 

Plan, August 2003.

B-4. South Coast Air Quality Management District, Final 2007 Air Quality Management 

Plan, June 2007.

B-5. Letter from Elaine Chang, Deputy Executive Officer, South Coast Air Quality

Management District, to Matt Haber, Deputy Director, Air Division, EPA Region 9, 

dated September 10, 2008.

C. EPA Guidance Documents, Policies and Rulemakings

C-1. Revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Photochemical

Oxidants, Final Rule, 44 Fed. Reg. 8202 (February 9, 1979).

C-2. Designation of Areas for Air Quality Purposes, 56 Fed. Reg. 56694 (November 6, 

1991).

C-3. State Implementation Plans; General Preamble for the Implementation of Title I of 

the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; General preamble for future proposed 

rulemakings. 57 Fed. Reg. 13498 (April 16, 1992).
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C-4. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California Ozone, 62 Fed. Reg. 

1150 (January 8, 1997).

C-5. National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, 62 Fed. Reg. 38856 (July 18, 

1997).

C-6. Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; California-South Coast,

65 Fed. Reg. 18903 (April 10, 2000).

C-7. Air Quality Designations and Classifications for the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards; Early Action Compact Areas With Deferred Effective Dates, 

69 Fed. Reg. 23858 (April 30, 2004).

C-8. Final Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality StandardsPhase 1, 69 Fed. Reg. 23951 (April 30, 2004).

C-9. Final Rule to Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard -

Phase 2, 70 Fed. Reg. 71612 (November 29, 2005).

C-10. National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone, 73 Fed. Reg. 16436 (March 27, 

2008).

C-11. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of California; 2003 State 

Strategy and 2003 South Coast Plan for One-Hour Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide;

Proposed rule. 73 Fed. Reg. 63408 (October 24, 2008).

C-12. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of California; 2003 State 

Strategy and 2003 South Coast Plan for One-Hour Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide; 

Final rule. 74 Fed. Reg. 10176 (March 10, 2009).

C-13. Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; California; San Joaquin 

Valley, South Coast Air Basin, Coachella Valley, and Sacramento Metro 8-Hour 

Ozone Nonattainment Areas; Reclassification, Final rule. 75 Fed. Reg. 24409 (May 5, 

2010).

C-14. Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; Attainment 

Plan for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard; Proposed rule. 76 Fed. Reg. 57872 

(September 16, 2011).

C-15. Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; South Coast; Attainment 

Plan for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard; Final rule. 77 Fed. Reg. 12674 (March 1, 

2012).

D. Additional Documents 

D-1. Memorandum to File, Wienke Tax, EPA Region 9, re: EPA Proposed Rules, Finding 

of Substantial Inadequacy of Implementation Plan; Call for California State Implementation 

Plan Revision; South Coast, and Disapproval of Implementation Plan Revisions; State of 

California; South Coast VMT Emissions Offset Demonstrations - Conference Call Notes, 

Conference Call with South Coast Air Quality Management District, September 14, 2012.
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D-2. Memorandum, Karl Simon, Director, Transportation and Climate Division, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, EPA, to Carl Edlund, Director, Multimedia Planning and 

Permitting Division, EPA Region 6, and Deborah Jordan, Director, Air Division, EPA 

Region 9, “Guidance on Implementing Clean Air Act Section 182(d)(1)(A): Transportation 

Control Measures and Transportation Control Strategies to Offset Growth in Emissions Due 

to Growth in Vehicle Miles Travelled,” with Attachment.

E. Public Comments on the Proposed Rulemaking

E-1. Letter dated October 19, 2012, from Barry Wallerstein, D. Env., Executive 

Officer, South Coast Air Quality Management District, to Wienke Tax, Air Planning 

Office, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Re: (Proposed) DIsapprovl of 

Implementation Plan Revisions; State of California, South Coast VMT Emissions Offset 

Demonstrations, 77 Fed. Reg. 58067 (September 19, 2012); Docket No.: EPA-R09-OAR2012-0713.

E-2. Letter dated October 19, 2012, from James Goldstene, Executive Officer,

California Air Resources Board, to Wienke Tax, Air Planning Office, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0713.